Hah, by visiting my family in France, I got to enjoy Christmas 9 hours earlier than I otherwise would have if I stayed in Cali :P. As a family outing, we went to see the Cirque Du Soleil’s performance in Paris. It was phenomenal! Every second of that show was pure bliss!

(I know it’s a bit contradictory to say “Merry everything” and then post Christmas kittens, but this was too brain-meltingly adorable to not post. I mean, one of them has a peace symbol for a face! Eee!)

Just had leftover chocolate pie with breakfast.
The lovely thing about having two teenagers in the house is that they don’t get up early, even for Christmas. The bad thing is that we have a pan-and-a-half of cinnamon rolls, a quart of potatoes, half a chicken, an eighth of a ham, a quarter of a grape-and-cherry cobbler, most of a chocolate pie and some ice cream left over, and by the end of the day we will probably have none of these things. So I am getting in my blows early.

EJ (The Other One)
December 26, 2015 at 1:32 am
@Rabukurafuto:
I MUST HAVE THAT BOOK.

I just finished the main Guided by the Beauty of Their Weapons essay and it alone is totally worth the price. It was published online when the Hugos were still going but the book version is expanded to mammoth proportions, covering the end and aftermath of the event. I wish Sandifer had edited out the ableism of the original essay though; of all the things to call Beale’s outlook, “lame” shouldn’t be one of them, and he doesn’t see anything wrong with calling things “insane” from time to time. Frustrating from someone interested in social justice.

Pandapool — The Species that Endangers YOU (aka Jackie; currently using they/their, he/his pronouns)
December 26, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Today is the first day of Kwanzaa so Happy Kwanzaa to everyone who celebrates it. ^^

I’ve read some lovely Kwanzaa stories before. There’s a cute one about Santa being invited to participate in Kwanzaa festivities for a night.

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